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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Officials from Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren counties are mulling over the costs of building a regional jail to serve the jurisdictions.
But of the three parties involved, Rappahannock’s leaders have the easiest decision to make, because an order from the Virginia Department of Corrections has left the county without a real choice in the matter.
The department has told Rappahannock officials that the County Jail is inefficient and is threatening to shut it down. The building on Porter Street in the Town of Washington is the oldest jail in operation in Virginia.
Officials from Rappahannock and Warren counties met Aug. 29 in Front Royal to see results of a financial study on the regional-jail plan. Shenandoah County leaders saw the same presentation earlier that day in their home county.
The 460-bed facility is expected to cost $78.4 million. Approximately $33.7 million of that price is anticipated to be reimbursed by the commonwealth and the rest will be paid for the localities involved.
Representatives from Davenport and Company, a Richmond-based consulting firm that performed the financial analysis, explained the benefits of cooperating under a multicounty regional jail authority.
Attorney Bill Hefty said the
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